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Japan-Honduras Relations

February 2012

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

Established in February 1932

Japanese Nationals:

206 (as of October 2010)

Trade with Japan:

Export: 2.87 billion yen (2010) (coffee, sesame, ferrous waste and scrap, etc.)

Import: 7.75 billion yen (2010) (automobile, tire, general machinery)

Japan's Economic Cooperation:

List of Exchange of Notes

Loan: 34.77 billion yen

Grant: 71.9 billion yen

Technical Cooperation: 38 billion yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Honduras

Year	Name
1998	Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration, Tamisuke Watanuki
1998	Parliamentary Secretary, Nobutaka Machimura (on the occasion of the Hurricane Mitch)
2002	Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration, Kayoko Shimizu
2003	H.I.H. Princess Sayako
2006	Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration, Kunio Hatoyama

From Honduras to Japan

Year	Name
1997	President Roberto Reyna
1999	Foreign Minister Roberto Flores
2004	President Ricardo Maduro
2005	Foreign Minister Rosa Bautiata
	President Ricardo Maduro (IDB Okinawa Meeting)
	President Ricardo Maduro (Japan-Central America Summit)
2007	Minister of Health Jenny Meza
2010	Minister of Environment Rigoberto Cuellas (COP10)

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2010)

754.4 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
223.8 million yen (Grant Aid for Cultural Heritage)
38.2 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)

• Emergency Assistance to the heavy rain disaster in the Republic of Honduras (October 2011)
• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Return of Honduras to the Organization of American States (OAS) (June 2011)
• Emergency Assistance in Response to the Tropical Storm Disaster in the Central America (June 2010)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Recent Situation in the Republic of Honduras (November 2009)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Recent Situation in the Republic of Honduras (September 2009)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in the Republic of Honduras (July 2009)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Detention and Expulsion of Mr. Manuel Zelaya, President of the Republic of Honduras, by Honduran Arming (June 2009)
• Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Honduras for Torrential Rain Disaster (October 2008)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the project "Joint Program for the Support of Human Security in Honduras" (April 2008)
• Assistance for "Joint Program for the Support of Human Security in Honduras" Project (July 2006)
• Emergency Grant Aid to the Republic of Honduras for Torrential Rain Disaster Caused by Tropical Depression "Gamma" (November 2005)
• Grant Aid to the Republic of Honduras for the Project to Reconstruct Las Hormigas Bridge (August 2005)
• Announcement by the Press Secretary on the Visit to Japan by the Heads of State and Others of SICA (System of Central American Integration) Member and Associate Member Countries (August 2005)
• Support to "Empowerment of women and adolescents in social risks in Central America - protection from sexual exploitation and promotion of human rights" in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala (June 2005)
• Japan-Republic of Honduras Summit Meeting (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (May 2004)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Honduras

• Embassy of Japan in Honduras Web Site (Spanish)